"I didn't say what I prefer, I just said pubic hair has a purpose," Diaz told Metro.

"You can do what you want with it, I don't care - you can shave it off every day, wax it off every day, turn it into a bonsai - I don't care."

She added: "I just said consider maybe not removing it permanently and forever with laser treatment.

"Forever is forever and when we make those choices for our body we have to live with them forever."

Diaz's full advice on women's body hair taken from her book is as follows:

"Pubic hair serves as a pretty draping that makes it a little mysterious to the one who might be courting your sexiness. Pubes keep the goods private, which can entice a lover to come and take a closer look at what you have to offer.

"Also, let's be honest: just like every other part of your body, your labia majora is not immune to gravity. Do you really want a hairless vagina for the rest of your life?

"It's a personal decision but I'm just putting it out there: consider leaving your vagina fully dressed, ladies. Twenty years from now, you will still want to be presenting it to someone special, and it would be nice to let him or her unwrap it like the gift that it is."

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